Geofencing for Wireless Communications

1. A system comprising: a Luneburg lens antenna system configured to selectively provide wireless communication to a plurality of stations; one or more sensors configured to collect data related to a presence of a user at each of the plurality of stations; and a controller coupled to the Luneburg lens antenna system and the one or more sensors, wherein the controller is configured to determine the presence of the user at each of the plurality of stations based on the data collected by the one or more sensors, and the controller is further configured to change operation of the Luneburg lens antenna system based on the presence of the user at each of the plurality of stations; wherein the one or more sensors send an interrogation optical beam towards each of the plurality of the stations, wherein a portion of the interrogation optical beam is reflected as indicative of the presence of the user at the station.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the Luneburg lens antenna system is configured to transmit or receive signals for sixty gigahertz millimeter wave communication.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise motion detection sensors, occupancy sensors, image sensors, or a combination thereof.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the one or more sensors are part of an optical system operably coupled to the controller, wherein the optical system is disposed adjacent to the Luneburg lens antenna system.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise identification readers.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein data collected by the identification readers is communicated to a remote facility by the controller.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller comprises an activation code module to determine the presence of the user at each of the plurality of stations.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein changing the operation of the Luneburg lens antenna system comprises activating one or more antenna beams directed toward one or more stations of the plurality of stations that are determined to be occupied.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein changing the operation of the Luneburg lens antenna system comprises deactivating one or more antenna beams directed toward one or more stations of the plurality of stations that are determined to be vacant.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the presence of the user at each of the plurality of stations continuously or at a predetermined interval.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to change operation of the Luneburg lens antenna system upon a determination of the presence of the user at each of the plurality of stations.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to change the boresight directions of one or more beams of the Luneburg lens antenna system.

13. A system comprising: a Luneburg lens antenna system configured to selectively provide wireless communication to a plurality of stations; an optical system adjacent to the Luneburg lens antenna system, comprising one or more sensors configured to collect data related to a presence of the user at each of the plurality of stations; a memory; and a processor configured to execute instruction stored on the memory comprising instructions for: determining the presence of the user at each of the plurality of stations; and changing operation of the Luneburg lens antenna system based on the presence of the user at each of the plurality of stations; wherein the one or more sensors send an interrogation optical beam towards each of the plurality of the stations, wherein a portion of the interrogation optical beam is reflected as indicative of the presence of the user at the station.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the Luneburg lens antenna system is configured to communicate signals for sixty gigahertz millimeter wave communication.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise motion detection sensors, occupancy sensors, image sensors, or a combination thereof.

16. The system of claim 13 , comprising a plurality of identification readers communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to collect data related to the presence of the user at each of the plurality of stations.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein changing the operation of the Luneburg lens antenna system comprises providing one or more antenna beams directed toward one or more stations of the plurality of stations that are determined to be occupied.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein changing the operation of the Luneburg lens antenna system comprises deactivating one or more antenna beams directed toward one or more stations of the plurality of stations that are determined to be vacant.

19. A method for providing geofencing in single access point wireless communication comprising: determining a presence of the user at each of a plurality of stations based on data collected via one or more sensors; and changing operation of a Luneburg lens antenna system based on the presence of the user at each of the plurality of stations; wherein determining the presence of the user comprises sending an interrogation optical beam towards each of the plurality of the stations, wherein a portion of the interrogation optical beam is reflected as indicative of the presence of the user at the station.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein changing operation of the Luneburg lens comprises activating one or more antenna beams toward only one or more stations of the plurality of stations that are determined to be occupied.

21. The method of claim 19 , wherein the Luneburg antenna system is configured to transmit or receive signals for sixty gigahertz millimeter wave communication.